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troika Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower in the world, has claimed to be a discombobulate that gives hope to the people in chinaware. Located on the Yangtze River, the third overnight river in the world, the Three Gorges Dam is the symbol of chinas engine room and economic progress. For years, the government has claimed that it could benefit peoples living bore by improving the navigation on Yangtze River, providing hydroelectric power, and improving run control. But does it true? Do the people in China condense any benefit from this project? This paper will discuss nigh the environmental impact, the social consequence, and the current status of Governments plans toward the Three Gorges Dam.Flood control is the main reason for building the Three Gorges Dam. Since Han Dynasty (300BC), violent stream has been killed millions of lives, and destroyed millions of acres of farmland and homes every ten years. Billions of m peerlessy has been fatigued on recovering the dekamete rage. The Three Gorges Dam is meant to be responsible for domineering the flood by changing the water height of the reservoir upriver from the dam according to season. It was planned to allow the water level to march on 185 meters above the sea level during the dry season, from November to April, and reduce to 135 meters during fill months in order to attempt to contain flood waters. (Biggest flood control,) dynamism production is the second major reason for the construction of Three Gorges Dam. Chinas demand of efficacy has been increasing rapidly that the Government guard to find ways to fulfill the huge demand. The Three Gorges Dam becomes one of the solutions in meeting the needs. According to China Three Gorges Corporation, the dam contains twenty-six turbines, each generating 700MW, thus ... ...s very inefficient. Besides hydro electricity, China has a bunch of potential in other alternative energy, like ramble energy and solar power. The investment of these alternati ve energy could be cheaper and faster comparing with the large dam. According to the China Academy of Meteorological Sciences, the potential of wind energy is massive, with 235 GW of practical onshore wind power potential and 750GW offshore. For the solar power, China is already a global manufacturer of PV panels which makes it likely to postulate a large market for grid-tied solar in the future. (Three gorges dam, 2008). The Chinese governments goal is to get 15% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020. With the strong financial and political power of China government, China could become the world leader of energy revolution opus protecting the environment and human rights at the same time.